Red Hood & The Outlaws
Issue 5: Deep Sea Fishing
By Brian Benjamin
"Man how did I get myself into this situation?" Was all Jason could ask himself, as he along with his team was about to take the dive into Atlantis.
Flashback
"When you said "in a flash" I wasn't really expecting you to be here in a flash." Jason remarked as Kara was now standing on the island which represented Outlaws HQ.
"So what do you have for us blondie?" Blackfire said.
"Nice seeing you too Blackfire." Kara sarcastically said earning a chuckle from Rose. "I found out that Happy Meadows seems to be supplying Atlantis with food. One of my sources is trying to follow up on a led that's says Happy Meadows is creating some sort of serum for meta humans."
"Meta human serum?" Roy questioned before elaborating on what he meant. "Like they're trying to power them up or actually make a serum to turn people into meta humans?"
"Well it's a bit of both actually." Kara said before giving them a few papers. "Some of those show that there were test on meta humans and humans. Looking at this research they might be leaning towards meta humans. I wouldn't be surprised if they started going after Atlantians."
"So are you going to tell big blue about this or what?" Rose questioned.
"Well he's been busy to say the least." Kara began while thinking about General Zod's return. "I trust Jaybird to get this done."
"Thank you for your blessing." Blackfire said sarcastically.
"You won't be saying that once I beat you again." Kara joked earning an "Oh Snap" from Roy who was in the background.
"Oh it's on." Blackfire replied back ready to punch Kara back to Krypton if she could.
"Fight later Blackfire, right now we have priorities." Rose reminded Blackfire who let out a sigh.
"I'll be back for your rematch if you still want it." Kara said as she and Blackfire had become "rivals" per say.
"You can count on it." Blackfire stated before Kara took off and headed back to Metropolis.
"So Roy what's the plan?" Jason asked.
"Well I was thinking that-." Roy started off.
End Flashback
"I really need to come up with my own plans." Jason muttered as Blackfire was putting in a few commands on their ship. The team was getting ready to dive.
"So Blackfire this ship can go under water?" Rose asked earning a nod from Blackfire.
"Easily, now if were heading to Decon belt, we would have something to be worried about." Blackfire answered.
"I'm guessing that's a good thing." Jason guessed as the ship proceeded to dive under water.
"So how long till we get to Atlantis?" Roy questioned as alien technology wasn't his strong suit.
"A few hours at most, if you wish to nap I suggest you do so." Blackfire advised as the team decided to catch some sleep.
Atlantis
9:00pm
"You know I've never been here before." Roy started off while they looked at Atlantis from the outside. "It's a really nice place."
"Yeah if you're into aquariums." Jason commented not really liking Atlantis.
"Sounds like your hate of the ocean comes from something else." Rose noted.
"I don't hate the ocean…it's just that whenever I'm in the ocean bad stuff always happen. So I have the right to hold a grudge." Jason replied back.
"Going by blondie's notes, it seems like there's some sort of facility the submarines go to." Blackfire said.
"Well lets-." Jason started off only to be cut off by what sounded like a police siren.
"Unidentified vehicle, we need you to pull over and put your fins where I can see them." A voice started earning a growl from Blackfire.
"Why are we getting pulled over by StarKist Tuna?" Jason joked.
"We're not." Blackfire claimed as she pressed a button on her control panel. From there the ship started to reveal a few panels that weren't originally seen. "Roy, in case we get shot at, I want you on blaster duty.
"We're about to be chased aren't we." Rose guessed as she had this feeling in her gut it was about to happen.
"Think of it this way, you were in a high speed ocean chase." Blackfire began before grasping the "steering wheel" and hitting what Rose guessed was the "gas pedal" .
"Come back here." They heard the officer cry out as they were now involved in a high speed ocean chase.
"Can you lose him?" Jason asked earning a nod from Blackfire.
"Yeah, deploy the smoke…oh boy." Blackfire groaned as they looked ahead and saw what appeared to be a whale that was crossing?
"Whale crossing? Yeah I hate the ocean." Jason said before Blackfire was able to do a maneuver that caused the police to crash into the whale.
"Sorry Willy, at least you're still free." Roy commented looking on the bright side of this accident.
"Blackfire make this right now!" Rose screamed as Blackfire not hesitating for a second did just that. As if they had stayed on that path they would have been harpooned by what appeared to be Sword fish.
"Sword Fish as harpoons? That's kind of cool actually." Roy complimented as the group continued their "drive" through Atlantis.
"Suggestions Rose, we could really use one." Jason said as he wanted to be off the grid.
"Fire a couple of smoke bombs and cloak this ship." Rose suggested as Roy loaded the smoke bombs from his arrows.
"Fire." Blackfire ordered as the smoke screen went to work as Blackfire proceeded to cloak the ship. "That wasn't so bad."
"Yeah I enjoyed having to dodging the welcoming committee." Jason remarked as Blackfire proceeded to make her way to the facility where Happy Meadows was storing some of its items.
"So how are we going to get in?" Blackfire asked.
"I didn't misplace those Wayne Tech Aquatic suits for nothing." Jason answered before giving the team mates their gear to put on.
"Right "misplaced" not that I'm complaining though." Rose muttered as the team started to make their way to the facility.
"Can you shoot an arrow down here Arsenal?" Jason asked.
"Not really but my arrow tips are still work." Roy said before grabbing an EMP arrow. Pressing a small button on the arrow head itself, the EMP activated.
"Rose if you could cut us open an entrance." Jason said as Rose used her blades to make a medium sized hole they could swim through. As Jason was the last one to come through, they noticed the whole resealed itself.
"Cool but weird." Roy commented before noticing that this place had air and wasn't water filled.
"Looks like we can breathe easy for now." Rose said as the team pressed a button on their belts and there wet suits disappeared.
"Sounds like were not alone." Blackfire began as she could hear some footsteps near them.
"Well lets go and take these-." Jason started off before noticing one of them bore the Bat symbol on their uniform. "Oh hell no."
"Oh boy." Roy muttered as a memory of Jason meeting Damian was in his mind for a few seconds.
"Let's go back our "fearless leader" before he says or does something stupid." Blackfire said.
"You got until the count of five to tell us who you're before I start shooting first and asking questions later." Jason demanded.
"Were the Suicide Squad." Was all King Shark said before letting a grin appear on his face.
"I knew I should of stayed out of the ocean." Jason muttered as he had a feeling this was going to be a long night.
Next issue: Free Aqualad!